Some years ago, I was speaking at an industrial design conference. One of the participants recognized me from my photo as “that marketing professor” and asked me what my talk was going to be about. I ...

For columnist Paul Prather, the only New Year’s resolution is to find inner peace. Russell Monk Getty Images As I get older, I find my resolution for each new year is the same. I don’t need to make a ...

Paul Prather can’t press peace on his neighbors or parishioners. But helping himself can extend to others. Russell Monk Getty Images As I get older, I find my resolution for each new year is the same.

There’s something about dancing to music at the Oregon Country Fair — in a crowd in the forest made up of hippies and folks letting loose in costumes. Folks you might see next week at their day jobs ...

Rarely a week went by during the last decade that I didn’t receive a handwritten note in our Tuesday’s mail. There, scattered in with a pile of bills and magazines was a small note that shone brightly ...